Milkman’s book presents a cogent historical sociological argument regarding the main driver of low wage migration to the USA since the 1970s. Her argument that the growth of immigration is due to employer demand for low wage workers contributes to multi-disciplinary theories of migration, which attempt to explain the root causes of international migration. While the role of immigration policy in facilitating legal immigration and producing undocumented immigration is noted, the central argument is that immigration is mainly a response to labour demand, rather than a manifestation of strong push factors in sending countries. Indeed, the simple fact that levels of undocumented migration to the USA fell during the Great Recession is strong evidence for this assertion.

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书评：露丝·米尔克曼（ Ruth Milkman），移民劳工和新流浪者

米尔克曼的书提出了令人信服的历史社会学论点，涉及自1970年代以来低工资移民到美国的主要驱动力。她的论点是，移民的增长是由于雇主对低薪工人的需求所致，这为多学科的移民理论做出了贡献，这些理论试图解释国际移民的根本原因。尽管注意到了移民政策在促进合法移民和产生无证移民方面的作用，但中心论点是，移民主要是对劳动力需求的回应，而不是派遣国强有力的推动因素的体现。的确，在大萧条期间无证移民到美国的数量下降这一简单事实，就是这一主张的有力证据。